Once I got over my surprise at the tone of this book (don’t be deceived by the cozy-cute cover! There are some serious themes in this like domestic abuse and emotional manipulation), I quite liked it. 

The little AOL chat exchanges at the start of each chapter made me reminisce on my own history with IM and internet chatrooms. The way teenage Sage and Tenn flirted was spot on! I couldn’t help laughing fondly at the cutesy exchanges and old school emojis :) 

As I mentioned above, there are some heavier topics in this that I did not expect but were handled fairly well. A lot of those themes aren’t quite fully resolved though, especially since this is Sage’s book. I’m invested enough I’ll be picking up the next one, which is Teal’s story, and I hope the author is able to expand on the conversations started in this one.

Overall, the relationships (both familial and romantic) are the star of the show in this book, so if you’re looking for that and some magical realism, I recommend this one!